I followed this discussion for a while some years back. If I am not
mistaken, the effect of the extra fan was insignificant and one person who
tried it even reported worse fridge performance if I recall. However, there
may have been much more to the story after the point I dropped th thread,
so do some research and see what you can find. I think that anything that
measurably improves the performance of the fridge would be universally
adopted, and so far nothing has that I know of.

I did install gowesty's replacement for the stock fan. It is robust and
quieter and moves a lot of air and I think the fridge performance is a bit
better because of it, especially in very hot weather.

Jim

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:14 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:

> I just came across Frank Condelli & Associates article on fridge
> maintenance (See http://www.frankcondelli.com/fridge.htm ), and one of
> the upgrades they recommend is to put an exhaust fan for the fridge in
> place of the city water hookup (or cut a new hole if you use that hookup).
> The idea is that this will vent the heat from the fridge outside rather
> than inside, which is the current setup.  My questions is has anyone done
> this?  What size fan did you use and where did you find it?  Was it worth
> the effort?
>
>
> Thanks
> Dave B
> Boise, ID
>